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Obiekt 292 | |
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Type | Main battle tank |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Production history | |
Designer | OAO Spetsmash and VNIITransmash |
Designed | 1990-1991 |
Produced | September 1990 |
No. built | 1 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 46 tons |
Width | 3.525 m |
Height | 2.193 m |
Crew | 3 |
Armour | rolled and cast steel and combined, protivosnaryadny |
Main armament | 152.4 mm LP-83 smoothbore tank gun (30 rounds, 6 RPM) |
Engine | GTD-1000TF turbine, 1100 hp |
Power/weight | 23.9hp/t |
Suspension | individual torsion bar |
Ground clearance | 450 mm |
The Obiekt 292, or Object 292 (Объект 292), was an experimental tank of design bureau of the Kirov Plant (JSC Spetsmash) and scientists of the All-Russian Research Institute Transmash. The prototype was based on the T-80U. The chassis was that of the T-80U with a T-80BV turret that was up-gunned to a 152.4 smoothbore gun. The new gun had the same chamber diameter as the 152mm but was much longer. Anti-tank capacity was improved in such a way that the tank could potentially engage and destroy any Western tank of the time at battle distance with a single shot.